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O. J. SEYMOUR. BARGB OR OTHER VESSEL.

No. 457,622. Patented Aug. 11, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. SEYMOUR, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

- BARGE oR OTHER VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,622, dated August11,1891.

Application filed August 30, 1890. Serial No. 363,573. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. SEYMOUR, of Brookline,jin the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Barges and other Vessels, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to boats, barges, and vessels generally, andparticularly to such sea craft as are employed to transport grain, coal,ace; and it has for its object the provision of a construction wherebythe conveying devices for unloading the vessels may be employed at apoint which will not raise the center of gravity of the boat, nor takeup any part of the storage-room in the hold, nor weaken nor otherwiseharm the strength of the vessel, but rather strengthen the same.

My invention consists in providing a vessel with a hollow keel, of metalor other material, below the framing-ribs of the vessel in such mannerthat it will form a trough or passage-way for conveying devices belowthe said ribs, and at the same time constitute a keel, all as ishereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the annexed drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the sameletters designating the same parts or features, as the case may be,wherever they occur.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-section of a boat or bargeconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a like view ofthe keel and immediately adjacent portions, drawn to an enlarged scale.Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4 i of Fig. 1. Fig.i is a cross-section through a barge equipped with my improvement.

In the drawings, a designates the deck of the vessel.

6 is the hatchway.

c is the sides.

d is the bottom, and e are the ribs, which may be constructed ofangle-irons or other suitable materials.

The keel is made as a hollow trough f, having flanges g, which may bebolted to the ribs 6 or other suitable part of the vessel below thebottom. The 'hollow or trough-shaped keel may be constructed of iron andbe formed in sections properly jointed or connected, and may beprotected by a guard g, of form similar to the trough-shaped keel f, andarranged outside of or below the same at a short distance therefrom, soas to leave a space h between the keel and the guard g, as is shown inFigs. 2 and 4, or the keel and guard may be arranged the one in contactwith the other, as is shown in Fig. 2. In either case the sheathing 2'on the outside of the boat or vessel at the keel may be secured betweenthe flanges of the keel and guard, as is illustrated in the drawings.

An important feature of my invention resides in the fact that the keelis, in fact, hol low or openthat is, formed as a trough or passage-wayfor conveying devices which may be employed in unloading vessels, whichconveying devices may be supplied with material through openings in thebottom of the vessel between the ribs 6, communicating with the hollowkeel, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3.

It is obvious thatchanges may be made in the form and arrangement ofparts and features comprising my invention without departing from thenature or spirit thereof.

Having thus described the nature of in y invention and ascertained a wayin which the same may be constructed and used, I declare that what Iclaim is g M 1. A vessel, boat, or barge provided with a hollow ortrough-formed keel or passage-way below the bottom thereof and below theribs and openings in the bottom of the vessel communicating with thesaid hollow keel, as set forth. x

2. A vessel, boat, or barge provided with hollow or trough-formed keelor passage-way below the bottom thereof, and a guard'g' to the keel,arranged outside or below the same and conforming in shape to theoutside surface of the said hollow keel, as set forth.

3. A vessel, boat, or barge provided with a hollow or trough-formed keelor passage-way below the bottom thereof, a guard tothe keel,

arranged outside or below thesarhe, a a

sheathing secured at its lower point between the keel and keel-guard, asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 16th day of August, A. D.1890. I

CHARLES J. SEYMOUR.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR W. CRossLEY, EWING W. HAMLEN.

